Keep Your Distance

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Keep Your Distance
Keep Your Distance - Curiosity Killed the Cat.jpg
Studio album by
Released27 April 1987
3 August 1987 (US) [1]
Recorded1986–1987
Genre Sophisti-pop [2]
Length37:25
63:58 (with original bonus tracks)
Label Mercury
Producer
Curiosity Killed the Cat chronology
Keep Your Distance
(1987)
Getahead
(1989)
Singles from Keep Your Distance
  1. "Misfit"
    Released: 8 August 1986; re-released in June 1987
  2. "Down to Earth"
    Released: 7 November 1986
  3. "Ordinary Day"
    Released: 23 March 1987
  4. "Free"
    Released: September 1987
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Number One Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [4]

Keep Your Distance is the debut album by the British band Curiosity Killed the Cat, released in April 1987. It debuted at #1 on the UK Albums Chart, and is their only album to chart on the Billboard 200, reaching #55. [5] [6]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Curiosity Killed the Cat and Toby Andersen.

No.TitleLength
1."Misfit"4:03
2."Down to Earth"4:19
3."Free"4:00
4."Know What You Know"3:50
5."Curiosity Killed the Cat"3:20
6."Ordinary Day"3:51
7."Mile High"4:04
8."Red Lights"5:33
9."Shallow Memory"4:25
Total length:37:25
Original CD bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
10."Misfit" (extended version)7:03
11."Down to Earth" (extended version)5:58
12."Ordinary Day" (extraordinary mix)5:22
13."Mile High" (mile long mix)8:10
Total length:63:58
2010 reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
14."Bullet"3:40
15."Man"3:33
16."Corruption" (dub)5:26

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1987)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [7] 47
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [8] 20
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [9] 9
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [10] 29
Icelandic Albums (Tónlist) [11] 7
Italian Albums (FIMI) [12] 8
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [13] 19
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [14] 32
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [15] 7
UK Albums (OCC) [5] 1
US Billboard 200 [6] 55

Year-end charts

Chart (1987)Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [16] 63
Italian Albums (FIMI) [17] 26
UK Albums (OCC) [18] 24

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [19] Platinum300,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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